On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 11:31:29PM +0200, Joost Verburg wrote:
> Andre Poenitz wrote:
> >Right, and it took two years or so to change that.
> >
> >I don't think you'd be much faster than Angus _even if 
> >everybody agreed_.
> 
> OK, so the only remaining possibility is to drop Win98/Me support.

Microsoft is not supporting them anymore themselves.

> I will make that clear in the release notes of the new installer and
> add an error message when someone would try to install using one of
> these versions.

Would be fine with me.
 
> This is definitely a disadvantage of choosing a license with so many
> restrictions.

Choosing the GPL as license is always a political decision and I think
most LyX contributors are aware of the implications.

Andre'

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